Business partnerships among life sciences companies will be the focus of the third seminar in the 2008-09 Indiana Life Sciences Collaboration Conference Series at the Eli Lilly and Co. Corporate Center in Indianapolis on February 13, 2009.
Program agenda:
| 7:30-8:30am |
Registration and Continental Breakfast Lilly Center Auditorium Foyer (tour of Heritage Hall) |
| 8:30-8:45am |
Welcome and Introduction of Keynote Speaker Jim Ward, VP & Chief Procurement Officer, Eli Lilly and Company |
| 8:45-10:00am |
Keynote Speaker- From Radical Innovation to Radical Collaboration, an Industry in Consolidation, Integration & Discontinuity Dr. Jia Chen, Program Executive, Strategic Alliances, Office of the Chief Technology Officer, IBM Systems & Technology Group |
| 10:00-10:20am |
BREAK |
| 10:20-11:05am |
Cracking the Code of Collaboration- Counterintuitive Principles for Successful Partnerships Jonathan Hughes, Partner & Director, Vantage Partners |
| 11:05-11:55 |
Developing & Implementing Collaborative Governance and Effective Decision-Making David S. Thompson, Director, Office of Alliance Management, Eli Lilly and Company |
| 12:05-1:00pm |
LUNCH- Business Dining Room |
| 1:10-1:40pm |
BioCrossroads Update- Comments and Introduction of Guest Speaker David Johnson, President & CEO, BioCrossroads Perspective: Transforming Through Partnering Gino Santini, Senior VP, Corporate Strategy and Business Development, Eli Lilly and Company |
| 1:40-3:00pm |
Panel Discussion: Practical Considerations of Partnering Moderator: Marcus Chandler, Partner & Chair Entrepreneurial Services Group & Global Services Practice Group, Barnes & Thornburg, LLP Panelists: Alisa Wright, CEO, BioConvergence, LLC John Hanak, Statewide Director, Purdue Technology Centers Bradford G. Addison, Partner & Co-Chair, Life Sciences Practice Group, Barnes & Thornburg LLP Raul Zavaleta, Partner, Volatus Advisors, LLC |
| 3:00-3:15pm |
Closing Remarks Marcus Chandler, Partner & Chair, Entrepreneurial Services Group & Global Services Practice Group, Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
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